Unstable x51v

[mbannick]

Hello, I have an Axim X51v that I bought off someone who didn't want to deal with it anymore. Anyway when you turn it on it hangs at the dell logo or sometimes at the windows start up logo, rarely it makes it into windows but it freezes up after a little while. I've tried flashing several different roms on it (so did the previous owner) but each time it's the same result. I've checked diagnostics mode (record+power+reset) and everything seems to check out (flash has a green zero) and every time I flash a rom it makes it through without any problems. Also the bootloader is a10_g3 is this version known to be unstable? Could it be flashed wrong? That's the only thing I can really think of.

[timmymarsh]

You know this forum is for HTC devices? :D

Im not familiar with Dell PDA's but i cant imagine flashing roms willy nilly will work on a dell which are designed for HTC devices. Give me a link for the ROM which you are currently trying to use.

Have you tried flashing original rom back on, thats wm5 yes?

[mbannick]

Yeah I know it's for htc devices :P (this is where I get roms for my kaiser). But I've also seen roms for the x51 here too and I assumed someone may know something about em here. Anyway I have the "stock" wm5 rom flashed right now (flashed with sdloader) and it's pretty much in the same shape.

[nir36]

We don't frown upon answering questions for other devices. This forum is meant to help people. If you can get your answer here.. cheers on that.. hope you will.

[timmymarsh]

Yeah I know it's for htc devices :P (this is where I get roms for my kaiser). But I've also seen roms for the x51 here too and I assumed someone may know something about em here. Anyway I have the "stock" wm5 rom flashed right now (flashed with sdloader) and it's pretty much in the same shape.

sorry wasnt meaning to sound sarcastic, ive had some experience of axim but mostly wm5, just wasnt too clear on ur issues, what exactly happens? you say it freezes but what do you do that makes it so?

[mbannick]

Well that's the thing it freezes randomly, even just sitting there it will freeze. I want to say its the flash but every time I check it the test comes out clear. So the the only thing I can think of is the bootloader is messed up.

[timmymarsh]

Ive just been to the dell support site and wow, alot of un happy people, i can see why your friend didnt want it anymore...

After doing some reading there i can only suggest you download their official rom and rom updates and see if you can get it running normally. What i dont understand is flashing a new rom should clear everything, i dont think it is the bootloader if the system boots up fully correctly, it has to be a rom issue (or hardware of course).

check out these sites, doesnt make good reading im afraid :

http://search.euro.dell.com/results.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=gen&cat=sup&k=x51v&rpp=12&p=1&subcat=dyd&rf=all&nk=f&sort=-date&nf=19019%7e7%7e141319&navla=19019%7e7%7e141319&ira=False&~srd=False&ipsys=False&advsrch=False&~ck=anav

http://en.community.dell.com/forums/3530.aspx?PageIndex=2

good luck and let me know how you get on.

[mbannick]

Well as I said it takes several tries to get into windows (sometimes it wont work at all until I leave it without the battery for an hour or so) so its not booting up normally at all :P. Anyway I had the wm5 a12 rom on there for a while but it still has the same problems (I used sd flash since I really cant sync and flash with the way it freezes). So yeah I'm not sure what I can do :P

[timmymarsh]

mmm.....

If youve had several different roms on it, including official ones, it could mean a hardware problem too.......

Im no chef, but i would have expected a bootloader issue to be resolved with a known working official rom?

How old is the Dell? Just a thought, have you tried the online help with a technical rep from Dell, they were good when trying to sort out an issue with my 4 year old laptop? Sorry but im running out of ideas........

[mbannick]

Hey I think I got it! Seems the previous owner modified the battery latch. After messing around a bit I stuck a toothpick on the "button" that is depressed when the door is closed and it seems to be running perfectly stable! I even did a few resets and each time it boots just fine. Thanks to everyone who replied and offered advice.

[timmymarsh]

hoorah! saved by a tooth pick, now ive heard it all haha. congrats!:D